The Roanoke Shops (comprising the main East End Shops and the West Roanoke Yard and shops at Shaffers Crossing) is a railroad workshop and maintenance facility in Roanoke, Virginia. Between 1884 and 1953, the shops produced 447 steam locomotives, all for the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). The Roanoke Shops built the N&W's famous Big Three class steam locomotives; the 4-8-4 class J, the 2-6-6-4 class A, and the 2-8-8-2 class Y6. In late 1953, the Shops built their final steam locomotive, making it last standard gauge steam locomotive built for revenue service in the United States. In 2020, N&W's successor, Norfolk Southern abandoned the Shops and Genesis Rail Services acquired the property in July 2023.
The RoanokeShops (comprising the main East End Shops and the West Roanoke Yard and shops at Shaffers Crossing) is a railroad workshop and maintenance...
for manufacturing its own steam locomotives, which were built at the RoanokeShops, as well as its own hopper cars. After 1960, N&W was the last major...
2-6-6-4 simple articulated steam locomotives built by the railroad's own RoanokeShops between 1936 and 1950 and operated until the late 1950s. The locomotives...
proximity to the nearby RoanokeShops and train lines operated by Norfolk Southern Railway, as well as the recently completed Roanoke Amtrak Station. This...
streamlined steam locomotives. Built in May 1950 at N&W's Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, it was one of the last mainline passenger steam...
locomotive, built in June 1943 by the Norfolk and Western's (N&W) Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia as part of the N&W's class "A" fleet of fast freight...
American Motive Power, Inc., and Norfolk Southern Railway's Juniata and RoanokeShops, starting in September 2015. The AC44C6M retains the 16-cylinder 7FDL-16...
The Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) built it in 1942 at its own Shops in Roanoke, Virginia as the second member of the N&W's Y6a class. No. 2156 and...
a major shops and terminal point for the new Norfolk and Western Railway to meet the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. Big Lick was renamed Roanoke for the...
secondhand from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and built in the N&W’s own RoanokeShops) did little to prolong the service lives of the already subpar M2’s...
The Roanoke Region (/ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke. Its usage may refer to the...
locomotive in North America Norfolk & Western Y Class Norfolk & Western — RoanokeShops 1940s Steam 2-8-8-2 449 tonnes (495 short tons) 166,000 pounds-force...
follow in 1953: a Norfolk and Western 0-8-0, built in the railroad's RoanokeShops. 1960 is normally considered the final year of regular Class 1 main...
Southern Chattanooga shops and returned to Roanoke. Blue Ridge Stone Whitcomb Switcher Nickel Plate Road EMD GP-9 #532, donated to Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS...
locomotives in their shops. Notable examples include the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Mount Clare Shops, Norfolk & Western's RoanokeShops, Pennsylvania Railroad's...
The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It is published by Lee Enterprises...
The Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star. It was constructed at the top of...
its years of production. Its only contemporary in Virginia was the RoanokeShops, which produced locomotives exclusively for Norfolk & Western. In 1901...
streamlined 4-8-4 class J steam locomotives, Nos. 600-604, at their RoanokeShops in Roanoke, Virginia, then ordered 15 streamlined Pm class coaches, Nos. 1720-1734...
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